![]() “An effective system of incentives and penalties, in combination with a good system for the vehicle registration, might generate less economic burden for the national authorities rather than repeating comprehensive inspection campaigns,” the Commission report said.Īn EU-wide system will face resistance from the car industry: Someone will have to pick up the tab for scrapping those millions of missing cars if tougher paperwork requirements make many of them reappear.īrussels Latest news, analysis and comment from POLITICO’s editors and guest writers in Europe. Instead of the current patchwork system across the EU, the report recommends standardizing rules for the registration and deregistration of vehicles at the EU level. Brussels is eyeing the Dutch system of annual ownership fees, perhaps coupled with the premium paid to car owners as in Denmark if they scrap correctly. In 2017, the German government carried out research on missing vehicles and brought the number down from 1.2 million to 350,000 by doing a better job of working out which cars were simply lost in the paperwork, and which ones were really missing. It’s all due to the national vehicle registration system," said Henk Jan Nix, secretary-general of the European Group of Automotive Recycling Associations. "A lot of German cars end up in the wrong places because they’re out of the scope of enforcement. Someone will have to pick up the tab for scrapping those millions of missing cars if tougher paperwork requirements make many of them reappear | Alexander Koerner/Getty Images ![]() Meanwhile, according to the Commission report, Poland tops the list with more than a million cars missing each year between 2010-2013, accounting for 85 percent of all vehicles being scrapped. Italy and Spain follow with more than half a million missing cars each - more than a third of total cars junked.Īccording to another estimate by the Commission, 85 percent of vehicles in Finland and 57 percent in Belgium are scrapped illegally. ![]() closed down 989 in 2015.Īll of those countries report low shares of missing vehicles compared to their total car fleet. They have to report changes in ownership and final scrapping to the national vehicle register to get it deregistered, otherwise they continue to pay the fee.įrance took another approach, shutting down 100 illegal scrap yards in 2013. In the Netherlands, car owners pay a yearly road use charge. The final owner gets the money when the car is scrapped with a legitimate dismantler. ![]() In Denmark, car owners pay a minimum annual recycling fee of €11, which accumulates over the car’s life. Instead, authorized car scrappers pay a small amount to the final owner and earn a profit by selling on spare parts and scrap materials. A 2014 Deloitte report on programs in six EU countries found fees ranged from as little as €3 to €4 per car in Finland and Austria, to €45 in the Netherlands and €66 in Slovakia. Germany has no end-of-life fees. The cost of EPR systems varies from country to country. Companies either strike deals with dismantlers or set up extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs and charge a fee to new car buyers to cover end-of-life costs. The End Of Life Vehicle Directive, passed in 2000, says automakers and importers must arrange for the handling of old cars and "meet all, or a significant part" of the costs. The bulk of the missing cars are presumed to be lost in Europe’s gray market of illegal dismantling. Illegal exports to countries such as Iraq, where a European junker can be cheaply repaired, account for another share. Some cars fall into a paperwork crack: A car is sold second hand in another country, but never deregistered in the country of origin, translating into a missing vehicle. The fate of the missing cars varies, and the data about them is shaky. About 5 percent have been stolen and not recovered. It is now mulling fixes for when it reviews the End Of Life Vehicle Directive in 2020. You already have a competitive advantage” - Thomas Papageorgiou, chair of the European Ferrous Recovery and Recycling Federation “If you’re an illegal operator, you don’t care if you spill oil on the ground.
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